I'll be frank: when it comes to Rakesh Roshan's films, I have a bit of a prejudice, that prejudice being that I almost uniformly hate every film he's ever made. Barring a few scenes from "Khoon Bhari Maang" and "Kishen Kanhaiya" I find his films boorish beyond recompense. That said, I ventured to watch "Krrish" only to see how India's first comic book type super-hero would be presented. To my pleasant surprise, the film is remarkably watchable, due mainly to the 'fun and fantasy' element which Roshan Sr. gets right.
Plotwise, the film is not much different from other superhero films, but then one doesn't watch these film for plot or character. Hrithik Roshan is quite good as Krishna/Krrish, though one wishes they had injected a bit more psychological depth into Krishna- he is a unilateral character who only seems to operate in "nice" mode. Naseeruddin Shah is expectedly satisfactory, as is Rekha who delivers most of the films moments of pathos. Priyanks Chopra is perhaps the least impressive of the lot. She isn't the 'typical heroine' here, but her delivery comes off as mechanical in several scenes. She needs to can the plaintive crying from here on out. Plus those attempts at imitating Juhi Chawla's cutie pie facial expressions don't gel well with her duplicitous persona. If they were going to cast her as a deceiver, they should have gone the whole hog and made her a last-minute redeemer.
The special effects are quite good and the technical team deserves full recognition for putting together a film that is visually awe-inspiring. The major flaw of the film are its songs, which are neither particularly memorable nor necessary to the film. But hey, even superheroes should get to sing and dance (and dance he does, extraordinarily in "Dil Na Diya").
Plotwise, the film is not much different from other superhero films, but then one doesn't watch these film for plot or character. Hrithik Roshan is quite good as Krishna/Krrish, though one wishes they had injected a bit more psychological depth into Krishna- he is a unilateral character who only seems to operate in "nice" mode. Naseeruddin Shah is expectedly satisfactory, as is Rekha who delivers most of the films moments of pathos. Priyanks Chopra is perhaps the least impressive of the lot. She isn't the 'typical heroine' here, but her delivery comes off as mechanical in several scenes. She needs to can the plaintive crying from here on out. Plus those attempts at imitating Juhi Chawla's cutie pie facial expressions don't gel well with her duplicitous persona. If they were going to cast her as a deceiver, they should have gone the whole hog and made her a last-minute redeemer.
The special effects are quite good and the technical team deserves full recognition for putting together a film that is visually awe-inspiring. The major flaw of the film are its songs, which are neither particularly memorable nor necessary to the film. But hey, even superheroes should get to sing and dance (and dance he does, extraordinarily in "Dil Na Diya").